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NRF 2019

EMVco release best practice advice for contactless payments at Point of Sale

EMVco have released best practice advice regarding contactless payments at Point of Sale which reinforces advice from Mastercard to ensure contactless enabled payment terminals are not installed close to or on top of metal surfaces:

“Contactless acceptance devices should be installed in a way that prevents performance degradation, to avoid instances such as placing the acceptance device into a metal box.” Other advice includes ensuring contactless enabled card readers are not close to Wi-Fi routers or mobile phones or near to ungrounded devices which can include cash registers.

Metal counters are specifically mentioned as part of this list, underlining the need to ensure contactless payment machines are not placed directly onto metallic surfaces:

“Contactless Acceptance Devices at Merchant location should be installed in a place free of external interference. For example, the following locations should be avoided... on a metallic counter.”

Non-metal POS stands

Tailwind’s FlexiPole POS stands are made of tough and resilient ABS plastic and offer no interference for contactless payments. They also protect payment technology from damage and present the devices for interaction at Point of Sale.

So, if you’re upgrading your estate of devices to contactless enabled payment terminals or you want to protect a new installation of EMV card readers, Tailwind’s FlexiPole POS stands are the ideal solution to ensure maximum up time and performance.